Intel Core i9 12900KF 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 1 months late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2666)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.2GHz vs 2.8GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (30MB vs 22MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (125W vs 165W)
Intel Core i9 7960X 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)